Articles | Volume 11, issue 19
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-5521-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-5521-2014
Research article
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09 Oct 2014
Research article |  | 09 Oct 2014

Plant colonization, succession and ecosystem development on Surtsey with reference to neighbouring islands

B. Magnússon, S. H. Magnússon, E. Ólafsson, and B. D. Sigurdsson

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